stood for the Yiddish phrase "Tuchus Affen Tisch" (תּחת אויפֿן טיש), which meant "Putting one's ass on the table.

More shows were produced by Embassy Television such as the first two under the name: Square Pegs and Silver Spoons.

Lear and Perenchio sold Embassy Communications (included Tandem Productions) to The Coca-Cola Company (then-current owners of Columbia Pictures) for $485 million on June 18, 1985.

[4][5][6][7] After the sale, Lear, Perenchio, nor Bud Yorkin were no longer involved with Embassy or Tandem.

When ABC canceled Diff'rent Strokes, the brand name Tandem Productions became dormant but renamed active as an in-name-only division.

[8] Married... with Children was the next—and as it would transpire, last—successful sitcom by Embassy Communications, debuting as part of the fledgling Fox Broadcasting Company's first primetime lineup in 1987.

[10] The final long running show to be produced by Embassy Television, as ELP Communications, was Beakman's World in 1992.

[11] All series by CPT, ELP, TriStar, Merv Griffin were brought under the banner (though most shows would not begin to use CTT's logo until around 1997, while Beakman's World switched in 1994).

Beakman's World was cancelled in 1998 and ELP Communications became an in-name only unit of Columbia TriStar Television.